SAP S/4HANA Financial Accounting Product Specialist

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting Consultant with 5-10 years of SAP Finance and Consolidation experience to provide L2/L3 Application Management and Production Support. The consultant will support financial consolidation processes, incident management, reconciliation, financial close activities, root cause analysis, minor enhancements, and continuous improvement initiatives.

The ideal candidate should possess strong troubleshooting skills and be capable of independently supporting critical month-end, quarter-end, and year-end consolidation cycles

Key Responsibilities

AMS & Production Support

• Provide L2/L3 support for SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting.
• Manage incidents, service requests, and problem tickets within SLA targets.
• Troubleshoot functional and configuration-related issues.
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) for recurring and critical incidents.
• Coordinate with business and technical teams for issue resolution.
• Maintain knowledge articles and operational documentation.
• Support production deployments and post-go-live validation.

Group Reporting Operations

• Monitor and support:
• Data Monitor
• Consolidation Monitor
• Data Collection and Release
• Validation Tasks
• Currency Translation
• Intercompany Elimination
• Consolidation Postings
• Group Reporting Master Data
• Consolidated Financial Statements
• Identify and resolve consolidation processing issues.

Financial Close Support

• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities.
• Monitor consolidation cycles and resolve critical issues.
• Validate data completeness and reconciliation before consolidation.
• Coordinate with Finance teams to resolve source-data issues.
• Perform post-close validations and issue analysis.

Reconciliation & Data Analysis

• Reconcile S/4HANA Finance with Group Reporting data.
• Analyze and troubleshoot ACDOCA and ACDOCU discrepancies.
• Validate FS Item mappings and consolidation dimensions.
• Investigate incorrect balances and consolidation postings.
• Support data release and reprocessing activities.

Currency Translation & Intercompany Processes

• Support currency translation and exchange-rate troubleshooting.
• Validate group and local currency balances.
• Analyze intercompany mismatches and elimination postings.
• Support receivable/payable and revenue/expense eliminations.
• Coordinate with Finance teams for data corrections.

Master Data Support

Support and troubleshoot:

• Consolidation Units & Groups
• FS Items & Subitems
• Breakdown Categories
• Partner Units
• Consolidation Versions
• Consolidation Chart of Accounts
• Document Types & Posting Levels
• Consolidation Methods
• Global Parameters

Incident, Problem & Change Management

• Manage P1-P4 incidents and ensure SLA compliance.
• Participate in Problem Management and RCA activities.
• Conduct impact assessments for production changes.
• Support testing, validation, and deployment of fixes.
• Coordinate with SAP for product-related issues and SAP Notes.

Continuous Improvement

• Implement minor enhancements and configuration changes.
• Prepare functional specifications and design documents.
• Support UAT, regression testing, and production deployments.
• Identify automation opportunities and process improvements.
• Recommend enhancements to consolidation and financial close processes.

Skill Requirements

• 5-10 years of SAP Finance/Consolidation experience.
• Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting.
• Strong AMS and production support experience.
• Expertise in Data Monitor and Consolidation Monitor.
• Good understanding of ACDOCA, ACDOCU, and Universal Journal.
• Experience with FS Items and Group Reporting master data.
• Knowledge of currency translation and consolidation postings.
• Experience with intercompany reconciliation and elimination.
• Strong troubleshooting, reconciliation, and RCA skills.
• Experience supporting month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close cycles.
• Understanding of SAP S/4HANA Finance.

AMS Responsibilities

Daily Activities

• System and functional health checks
• Incident and service-request management
• Data and Consolidation Monitor reviews
• Error analysis and user support
• Reconciliation issue resolution

Period-End Activities

• Month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close support
• Currency translation monitoring
• Intercompany elimination support
• Consolidation posting validation
• Financial statement reconciliation
• Critical incident management

Ongoing Activities

• RCA and Problem Management
• Change Requests and minor enhancements
• Regression testing
• Knowledge management and SOP maintenance
• SLA/KPI compliance
• Continuous improvement initiatives

Key Deliverables

• Timely incident resolution within SLA
• RCA and problem-management documentation
• Functional specifications and test artifacts
• Close-support and reconciliation reports
• Knowledge articles and operational runbooks
• Change-request documentation
• Continuous improvement recommendations

Professional Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to independently manage complex production issues.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure during financial close periods.
• Strong documentation and coordination skills.
• Experience working in global AMS delivery models.

Qualifications

• CA, ICWA, MBA, or Bachelor's/master’s degree in finance, Accounting, Commerce, Business Administration, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

SAP S/4HANA Finance or Group Reporting Certification is preferred

Other Requirements